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Revision: 1.106
Committed: Mon May 26 02:18:41 2008 UTC (15 years, 11 months ago) by root
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# Content
1 Revision history for Perl extension AnyEvent.
2
3 - properly parse PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS and use the info correctly.
4 - check wether IPv6 sockets can actually be created, otherwise, disable ipv6
5 support entirely.
6 - vastly improved nameserver/suffix detection algorithm for windows
7 (still a hack...)
8 - try to use a fallback dns server if no dns servers could be found.
9
10 4.03 Sun May 25 05:05:57 CEST 2008
11 - work around perl bugs on windows, where perl returns undocumented
12 error codes for sysread, syswrite etc.
13 - fix AnyEvent::Handle::unshift_read to really unshift and not push.
14 - AnyEvent::Handle could sometimes stumble over 0-byte writes.
15 - fix unpack_sockaddr, now works for AF_INET6 sockaddr's.
16 - updated documentation.
17 - lots of workarounds for perl 5.8 quirks.
18 - implement a more flexible type system for both reads and writes
19 in AnyEvent::Handle.
20 - support IPv6 in tcp_server.
21 - pass local hostname and port to the prepare callback in tcp_server.
22 - make types extendable in AnyEvent::Handle.
23 - croak, not die, in AnyEvent::Handle;
24
25 4.0 Sat May 24 19:58:08 CEST 2008
26 - added (experimental) AnyEvent::DNS module.
27 - added (experimental) AnyEvent::Socket module.
28 - added (experiemntal) support for TLS/SSL in AnyEvent::Handle.
29 - make condvar->end call ->send as documented.
30 - make condvar constructor support the documented cb => argument.
31 - overload condvars so you can use them instead of code references.
32 - support more of the POSIX forms instead of a pure dotted quad for
33 verbatim ip addresses.
34 - AnyEvent::Socket::inet_aton will use AnyEvent::DNS now and not fork anymore.
35 - try very hard not to freeze on broken windows perls.
36 - make on_eof optional in AnyEvent::Handle.
37 - support service names in tcp_connect and tcp_server.
38 - work around netbsd/openbsd bug causing unix sockets not to
39 become writable untill empty.
40 - only make a dummy read for error detection when getpeername
41 returns ENOTCONN.
42 - defend AnyEvent::Util::inet_aton against Coro::LWP brutal
43 override.
44 - new AnyEvent::Guard::cancel.
45
46 3.5 Sat May 17 23:17:14 CEST 2008
47 - gracefully deal with systems not defining CLOCK_MONOTONIC
48 (as opposed to not supporting the clock itself, which worked in 3.41).
49 - added AnyEvent::Util::tcp_connect and AnyEvent::Util::tcp_server
50 helpers, to replace the ill-designed AnyEvent::Socket class.
51 - added some examples (eg/connect, eg/handle).
52 - added AnyEvent::Util::guard.
53 - AnyEvent::Util now exports most of its functions.
54 - fixed a bug in *_read_chunk, where the callback was called with $self as
55 first and second argument.
56 - simplified and fixed regex handling in AnyEvent::Handle::*_read_line.
57 - fix manpage condvars examples to use new syntax.
58 - considerably improve inet_aton with EV::ADNS backend to support
59 cname chains (common dns configuration bug, e.g. with www.google.de)
60 and aaaa records if no a record could be found.
61
62 3.41 Sun May 11 19:53:13 CEST 2008
63 - work around a bug in perl 5.8.8's local. Reported by Yi Ma Mao.
64
65 3.4 Sun May 11 00:29:25 CEST 2008
66 - complete re-implementation of condvars with a hopefully much mroe useful
67 API (backward compatible functions exist but are undocumented).
68 - AnyEvent::Handle fully rewritten with a hopefully more powerful API
69 (still subject to change).
70 - take advantage of CLOCK_MONOTONIC, if available, in AnyEvent::Impl::Perl.
71 - provide AnyEvent::post_detect and @AnyEvent::post_detect, which
72 allows module authors to avoid forcing event loop detection.
73 (used by Coro::AIO, Coro::BDB, Coro::AnyEvent for example).
74 - remove coro backends: Coro now provides generic support for AnyEvent
75 via Coro::AnyEvent.
76
77 3.3 Mon Apr 28 09:51:06 CEST 2008
78 - added AnyEvent::Handle, AnyEvent::Socket and AnyEvent::Util modules.
79 - fix a bug in the pure perl backend that kept watchers alive
80 when multiple watchers were registered for the same fh/poll combo.
81 - add a benchmark section showing AnyEvent overhead and comparing
82 the different event loops with each other.
83 - prefer pure perl over tk when autoprobing, as it's about as fast,
84 but doesn't crash with many watchers.
85 - declare Qt support non-experimental.
86 - clarify the confusing section about the file descriptor being
87 kept alive.
88 - document the race between loading of an event module and
89 child processes exiting.
90 - support POE as "backend" (with some caveats, POE is not generic
91 enough, and darn slow).
92 - support Wx and Prima through POE.
93 - optimise perl backend to use 20% less memory and take advantage
94 of typical timeout behaviour. It can now compete with
95 select/poll-based C event loops in most cases (it is usually
96 faster than Event and Glib :).
97 - roughly cut EV memory use in half and increase its speed by 30%,
98 by removing undocumented functionality. Did something similar
99 to other event loops where possible.
100
101 3.2 Thu Apr 24 10:10:40 CEST 2008
102 - do not die when anyevent watchers are destroyed while running callbacks
103 in the pureperl backend (could only happen when two watchers are registered
104 for the same fh/poll combo).
105 - support autoloading for child watchers, was broken in all versions.
106 - implement PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL env variable.
107 - (experimental) implement interface to the (very crashy/buggy) Event::Lib module.
108 - (experimental) implement interface to the Qt module (cannot be autoprobed).
109 - this release is IO:AnyEvent-proof.
110
111 3.12 Tue Apr 22 07:11:46 CEST 2008
112 - reinstate AUTHOR section that got lost somehow.
113 - do not hang in the testsuite with badly broken perls (activestate,
114 strawberry...), but instead diagnose the problem and continue.
115 - use INT instead of CHLD in an attempt to support broken windows perls
116 better (this decreases the test quality, unfortunately).
117 - do not send the signal to the process group
118 (no problem for CHLD, bad for INT :).
119
120 3.11 Sat Apr 19 06:57:31 CEST 2008
121 - major documentation rework.
122 - document the fact that child watchers only watch for zombies.
123 - fix the child watcher example.
124
125 3.1 Wed Apr 16 17:09:01 CEST 2008
126 - work around recurring bugs in Tk by dup'ing filehandles, the
127 only method with good success chances on Tk (the bugs apparently
128 don't get fixed anytime soon).
129 - lift the restriction of only one watcher per fh direction
130 (as the Tk bug workaround also lifts it and only Tk imposed
131 such strong limits).
132 - changed probe order to prefer coro adaptors.
133 - explain why recursion into the event loop is not supported
134 unless the backend supports it (only Coro::EV does without
135 any restrictions...).
136 - add simple manpages for all backend modules.
137
138 3.0 Mon Apr 7 21:30:23 CEST 2008
139 - Coro::Signal changed semantics, roll our own, also cleaning
140 up the Coro implementation in general.
141 - rename Coro backend to CoroEvent.
142 - add some decision helping paragraph to the manpage that should
143 help people to decide whether AnyEvent is the right thing for them.
144
145 2.9 Mon Jan 28 13:31:54 CET 2008
146 - update for EV 3.0 API changes.
147
148 2.8 Sun Nov 25 15:06:03 CET 2007
149 - waitpid can validly return 0. accept this fact of life
150 instead of reporting it to any watchers.
151
152 2.7 Fri Nov 23 11:41:14 CET 2007
153 - force use of AnyEvent::Impl::Perl in testsuite, there is
154 too much breakage outside AnyEvent.
155 - deliver signals synchronously in AnyEvent::Impl::Perl
156 or any other event loop that relies on AnyEvents child
157 watcher emulation. *Could* help with hanging testsuite
158 (except when Event or EV are installed).
159
160 2.6 Fri Nov 9 20:36:35 CET 2007
161 - fix bug in testsuite.
162 - move EV adaptor modules to AnyEvent.
163 - add Coro+EV adaptor module.
164
165 2.55 Tue Nov 6 17:41:32 CET 2007
166 - add EV to the list of supported event models.
167 - do not auto-reset pid watchers, pass pid and status to them.
168 - allow a pid of zero to watch for all children in child watchers.
169
170 2.54 Wed Jul 18 17:36:23 CEST 2007
171 - work around a perl bug that results in
172 BEGIN not safe after errors--compilation aborted without
173 any discernible reason or error message by once
174 again not use'ing strict.
175
176 2.53 Sun Jul 8 10:51:53 CEST 2007
177 - make Glib interface work again (spotted by elmex).
178
179 2.52 Wed Mar 7 18:36:16 CET 2007
180 - child watchers stopped working permanently when
181 all current child watchers were destroyed.
182
183 2.51 Mon Dec 11 21:33:24 CET 2006
184 - work around bugs in perl where eval "require Module" returns
185 true even if the module couldn't be loaded :/.
186
187 2.5 Mon Dec 11 02:15:28 CET 2006
188 - avoid $AUTOLOAD because many perls corrupt it.
189 - AnyEvent::detect forces autodetection.
190 - implement signal watchers (experimental)
191 (Tk does not support async signals (<= 804.027 at least),
192 so they might get delayed indefinitely on Tk).
193 - implement child watchers (experimental).
194 - moved default condvar implementation into base module, simplifying
195 most implementation modules.
196
197 2.1 Fri Nov 24 15:50:48 CET 2006
198 - better docs.
199 - simple testsuite.
200 - added AnyEvent->one_event method for special purposes.
201
202 2.0 Wed Nov 1 02:21:30 CET 2006
203 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: poll can now either be "r" or "w" but not both.
204 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: io watcher callbacks have no arguments anymore.
205 - EXPERIMENTAL:
206 new pure-perl model added, AnyEvent now always finds a suitable
207 event model.
208 - improved documentation.
209 - reduced cpu overhead.
210
211 1.02 Fri Jan 13 14:15:40 CET 2006
212 - add COPYING to clarify license.
213
214 1.01 Sun Jan 8 05:48:09 CET 2006
215 - correctly cancel Event timers, avoid memory leaks.
216
217 1.0 Sun Jan 8 05:40:58 CET 2006
218 - allow third-party interfaces to be added at runtime.
219 - fix version number.
220
221 0.9 Fri Dec 30 02:25:41 CET 2005
222 - fixed errors in the documentation.
223 - going back to using $VERSION as "load check",
224 as suggested by Jörn Reder. Let's see why I stopped using
225 this method.
226 - add 'hup' to the list of events to receive for glib
227 and generate 'rw' events for it, as some versions of
228 glib seem to require this, while this breaks other
229 (older) versions of glib.
230 - implemented PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE env variable.
231
232 0.3 Sun Dec 4 10:43:33 CET 2005
233 - no changes to the code.
234 - fixed documentation.
235 - clarified some corner cases.
236 - vastly improved documentation with a long example.
237
238 0.2 Thu Dec 1 22:18:49 CET 2005
239 - check whether a valid method was called, to avoid endless loops.
240 - move condvars into their own class (cleaner, safer).
241 - don't die when some modules are not available.
242 - Tk is too broken to allow for words. Will work once Tk works.
243
244 0.1 Thu Dec 1 19:44:57 CET 2005
245 - spiced up and cleaned up for release.
246
247 0.01 Tue Sep 21 18:12:09 CEST 2004
248 - original version; copied from Convert::Scalar.
249